Improvement in clod-fenders



UNITED STATES 'PATENT OEEICE.

DANLEL APPLEGATE, 0E NoBLEsVILLE, INDiAnA.

IMPROVEMENT IN cLoD-FENDEHS. y

Speeitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 91,268, dated August 31. 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, D. APPLEGATE, of Noblesville, in the county of Hamilton, and in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin (lied-Fenders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', ret'- erence being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

rlhe nature ot' my invention consists in the construction ot'an adj ust-able clod-tende'r, which can be raised and lowered so as to suit the depth of plowing, as will hereinafter be more fully set forth.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective view ot' my invention.

Letter A represents an ordinary plow or cultivator, to which the fender is attached. To

the side ot' the beam there is secured a metal plate,B, which has a vertical elongated slot cut in each end, so that it can be lowered and raised at pleasure, and is held at any desired point by means of bolts or screws. 1t desired, onlyone of these ends need `be slotted, while the other merely turns upon a pivot. Extending out and backward from this plate there are a number of' curved metal rods7 C, which iorm the fender.' These rods have their rear ends turned slightly upward, and, being elastic, they slipeasily and readily over stones or any obstructions which they may strike, and, having their ends open, the rubbish and dirt can pass freely out. -By raising and lowering the plate B these rods can be adjusted to any desired depth of plowing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to seenre by Letters Patent., is-

The arrangement upon the side ot' a plow or cultivator beam, A, ofthe slotted plaie B and curved rods U U, all constructed substantially as specified.,

In testimony that l claim the foregoing I have hereunto `set my hand this 29th day ot' June, 1869.

DANIEL APPLEGATE. Witnesses:

JACKSON L. Cook,

J oEN HARRIS. 

